Pretty simple problem: there’s no option for adaptive refresh rate in Settings > Display. I can pick from 60Hz, 90Hz, or 120Hz.
I just updated to Android 16 this morning and was hoping to see that toggle in here. Anybody got advice for me?
P.S. in case it matters, this is a FP6 I bought from Clove and imported to the US. So it’s still running the stock android build that it shipped with. I haven’t mucked around with the bootloader or anything.
Hi, as mentioned before in the Android 16 update thread, all of these refresh rates are adaptive. The adaptive refresh rate is always active and this setting only limits how high the screen is allowed to go.
To verify it’s working, enable developer options (by going to Settings > About phone and tap the build number 7 times), go to developer options (Settings > System > Developer options) and then enable “Show refresh rate”. You’ll see that if a video is played on YouTube, the refresh rate drops to 60Hz. If you leave the phone with the screen on, but don’t do anything on it, the refresh rate will drop to 30Hz after some time (15-30 seconds, might vary).
Adaptive refresh rate isn’t anything new in Android and has been available on supported phones for a few years. It’s not in any way connected with the Android 16 update.
Edit: I know Google put adaptive refresh rate as an Android 16 feature on the page linked on the update page. I don’t know why they did it, it’s not new, the Developer APIs to manage that have also been available before Android 16.
